CVE-2023-30601

HIGH7.8EPSS 0.02%

Apache Cassandra: Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs

Published: 7/6/2023Modified: 5/20/2025

Also known as:GHSA-m9p2-j4hg-g373BIT-cassandra-2023-30601

Description

Privilege escalation when enabling FQL/Audit logs allows user with JMX access to run arbitrary commands as the user running Apache Cassandra This issue affects Apache Cassandra: from 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, from 4.1.0 through 4.1.1. WORKAROUND The vulnerability requires nodetool/JMX access to be exploitable, disable access for any non-trusted users. MITIGATION Upgrade to 4.0.10 or 4.1.2 and leave the new FQL/Auditlog configuration property allow_nodetool_archive_command as false.

Affected packages (2)

Bitnami/cassandra>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.10, >= 4.1.0, < 4.1.2
Maven/org.apache.cassandra:cassandra-all>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.2

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (6)

ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30601
PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/cassandra
WEBhttps://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/22d74c711658507addfd67e2c78b04a9b88413b2
WEBhttps://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/aafb4d19448f12ce600dc4e84a5b181308825b32
WEBhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-18550
WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/f74p9jdhmmp7vtrqd8lgm8bq3dhxl8vn